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A prince, a princess or a frog?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... the Wind' in 1962 and asked, "How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?"...or in our case, how many times must Ben Bernanke retell his reiteration of his repetition about his thoughts on this whole tapering business before financial ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... time warning of a 20% probability of a recession. There too was former RBA governor Bernie Fraser warning that the "good times have passed" for the Australian economy and "it is going to become tougher" and National Australia Bank (NAB) chairman Michael ...

Designer slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... making a policy mistake. Nope Virginia, what's happening in China is not an accident but by grand Politburo design. How many times must Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Kequiang preach to all and sundry that they've changed their predecessors' ...

Gold headed to $3k an ounce says ETF pioneer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... going to feel the pressure. He suggested that current improved sentiments may be down to the fact that, after years of tough times, "everyone wants a party." "Gold is the ultimate headmaster on the countries' deficits, fiscal discipline, and the value ...

ACFS flummoxed by SMSF cash trend

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... represented around 3% of investments. "The high allocation by SMSF individuals to cash may be a reflection of uncertain times, but it may also reflect greater freedom in strategy relative to profession managers who may be required to be fully invested," ...

Storm lawyers take ASIC and CBA to court over settlement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... what ASIC settled for. "If we get a 100% of our claim, the amount of compensation that Storm victims could receive is five times more than what ASIC is offering," he said. The claim will be heard on Monday in the Federal Court of Queensland and it has ...

Coalition signals super policy changes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... expense ratio that may be reasonable when a fund has $5 billion under management could be completely excessive when it has ten times that amount." Fletcher argued that because superannuation is compulsory, government has a moral obligation to ensure ...

Labor and Libs joust over small business super contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... the government's system was too expensive. The government disputed this, saying that ATO administration could cost three times as much as the current system. Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann said the Clearing ...

Reversing fortunes to another crisis?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013

Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... alternative assets with almost $95 billion invested in infrastructure, according to research by Towers Watson and the Financial Times. Total assets managed by the Top 100 alternative investment managers globally reached $3.1 trillion in 2012. A total ...